Does anyone know from which applications the following preference files originate:
com.nologyinc.enterprisedigital.plist
com.superitis.craconic.plist
com.sysusa.smatter.plist?
Every day now Drive Genius 3 warns me that they are corrupted, so I delete them and next time they are created the same warning arises. I have used
PlistEditPro, but it does not reveal any info about these preferences.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
None of them are for Apple software, so they must relate to applications you have installed.
plist files are regenerated on the next launch of the relevant application.
Hi Klaus1,
Yes, but I can't discover what applications are involved. PlistEditPro doesn't show any source. Had the warning again this morning
Which folder are these preference files located in?
Google the names.
they are in: user/library/preferences
Have Googled and found that sysusa is associated with an internet security company, nothing on the others.
Have a look in Activity Monitor in Utilities, set to All Processes, for those three, under any of the names they may be using.
Also, get EasyFind and search for them there, using any of the possible names. This should turn up all the locations. Also, look in System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items and HD Library>Startup Items, Launch Agents and Launch Daemons. But, EF should catch anything in those locations, as well.
Set EF to scan all files. Ignore case, Invisible files, Files and Folders.
Something is running and automatically replacing those preference files.
http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/
To uninstall them, you can try using EF's "Destroy," from its own menu. If that doesn't work, use Reveal in Finder, highlight it there and then Move to Trash, after giving your admin password.
Thanks WZZZ, I'm now monitoring everything in the way you suggest, and so far these prefs haven't been reinstalled.
Interestingly, I couldn't download EasyFind, I'm just directed to another page, but found "FindAnyFile" which seems to do the same thing.
If I find out what these prefs are, I'll post back here.
Cheers.
EasyFind download is now on this page near the bottom.
WZZZ, Many thanks for the link.
I've discovered that "com.nologyinc.enterprisedigital.plist" is associated with authorization processes for DxO Optic Pro 5 - photo editing software.
Still to track down the other two, as they haven't yet reappeared. I suspect that they might serve a similar purpose.
com.superitis.craconic.plist
com.sysusa.smatter.plist
Have reappeared - they are corrupted and have no content. The modification date is not changed so cannot find out when, what time, they were created. Only thing to do is keep watching the preferences folder.
Preference Corrupted
